Improvement in ironing-machines



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J. C. MACKEY & G. M. MUNGER.

IRONIITG-MACHINE. No.177,341. Patented May16, 1876.

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N-FEYERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER, WASHXNGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES OFFICE.

JOHN G. MAGKEY AND GEORGE M. MUNGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN momma-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177 3 11, dated May 16, 1876; application filed September 20, 1875.

To all whom it may concern: V 7

Be it known that we, JOHN G. MAGKEY and GEORGE M. MUNGER, both of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have in- I vented a new anduseful Improvement in Iron-- ing-Machines, of which improvement the following is a full,-clear and exact description,

which will enable others-skilled in the art to which our invention appertains to make and use the saidimpr'ovement, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part hereof, and in whichperformed with facility; and to that end our invention consists in the several novel features relating to the construction of various parts of the machine, substantially as hereinafter described, and particularly set. forth.

In the drawing, A represents the frame of the machine and B an extension thereof, constituting the ironing-board. A is a sliding frame, in the forward end of which is mounted the hollow ironing-roller B. The frame A rests freely in the vertically-adjustable bearings G 0, connected at their lower ends with a connecting-rod, 0. Dis a treadle, pivoted at its rear end, and extending to, or nearly to, a point below the forward-end of the board B, as shown. The connecting-rod G passes freely through'the treadle D at a point a little forward of the rear end of the latter. This treadle is counterbalanced or weighted, as shown at E. a a, are friction wheels or rollers on the bearings O O, and are arranged to ride on the upper faces or sides of the longitudinal bars of the frame A, or on ribs or rails extending laterally therefrom. F is a shaft, extending across the rear end of the machine, and F F are pinions on the said shaft. The frame A also restsupon these pinions, the under side of the rails resting thereon being provided with racks to operate in connection with the said pinions, as represented by broken lines in Fig. 2. e e are lugs to hold this frame to its engagement with the said pin-ions. I F is a wheel on the shaft F. G is a shaft also arranged across the rear end of the machine and Gis a pinion thereon. H is a drivingwheel, rigidly attached to the shaft H. ,H is a loose wheel on the said shaft; and H is also a wheelloosely mounted onthesaid shaft, and carrying the spur-wheel or pinion I. Y J is a spur-wheel, attached rigidly to the shaft H and arranged for engagemefntwith the wheel G. The wheel or pinion I is arrangedtor engagement with thewheel F. The wheel G also engages the wheel F. J is a shaft, on which-the belt-wheel J is mounted. K is a pulley also mounted on said shaft. L isan arm, through which .the shaft J passes freely; and M is an arm freely mounted at its forward end on the hub of the ironing-roller. The arms M and L are jointed to each other, as shown, and N is a pulley, mounted on the pin, by

means of which the arms M and L are jointed I to each other. 0 is-apulley, rigidly attached to the hub of theironing-roller. P is a belt or chain; arranged over the pulleys N and K. P is also a belt or chain arranged'over the pulleys Nand O. Y Q is a lug attached to the forward part of one arm or end of the frame A; and Q is a set-screw, entering the said lug, as shown. 1

I11 using the machine it is to be understood that a driving-belt'is arranged over the wheel J, and also over the wheel H. The rotation of the wheel J causes the ironing-roller to be rapidly rotated, and at the same time, by depressing the treadle, the roller may be held with greater or less force or pressure upon the goods being ironed, and which are arranged for that purpose upon the extension B. The rotation of the wheel H in the direction indicated by the arrow, there shown, carries the roller-frame A rearward, thus drawing the roller over the clothes in one direction during the rotation of the roller, caused in the manner before mentioned. In order to carry the roller forward over the clothes it is only necessary to shift the belt from the wheel H to the wheel 11. In order to allow the rollerframe to remain at rest, the belt should be shifted to the wheel H. By this means the ironing-roller is moved backward and forward dring its rotation without changing the direction of motion of the driving'belt, it being only necessary to shift the belt in the manner described. Thcjointed arms L L and M admit of the continued rotation of the ironingroller in the direction indicated by the arrow, while the roller is thus being moved back and forth, and the pressure exerted upon the goods may also be controlled by means of a treadle, without interfering either with the rotary or the backward and forward movement of the ironing-roller. By counterbalancing the treadle, in the manner described, the ironing-roller will be lifted slightly above the goods when the treadle is released.

The ironing-roller, in the example shown, is hollow, in order that it may be kept continually heated, with convenience, by means of a perforated gas tube or pipe passing through the center of the roller, the gas being supplied to this tube by means of a 'flexible tube connected thereto and to a gas-supply pipe. This flexible tubeis supported by the lug Q, through which it passes, and it is held firmly in place by means of the set-screw Q.

Any. plain goods, whether starched or not,

may be nicely and quickly ironed, without injury to them, by means of the machine now described. The machine is simple in its construction and operation, is easily managed, and performs an amount of work heretofore requiring several operatives.

The extension B, which constitutes the ironin g board or table, by projecting from the frame or main part of the machinein the manner shown and described, is capable of receiving shirts and similar garments in such a manner that only one thickness or'partot' the garment may be presented to'theironing-iron at the same time. For example, in ironing a shirt it may be drawn upon the extension in such a manner that the bosom will lie on the top of the board, while the back will be underprojecting table B, adapted for insertion between the parts of the garment, in combination with a reciprocating frame or carrier carrying an ironing-iron, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. The combination of the reciprocating frame, provided with an ironing-roller and with racks, the shaft F, carrying the pinions F F and spur-wheel F, the shaft G,carry- 'ing pinion G, and driving-wheel H, loose wheel H, loose wheel 11', the pinion I, and spur wheel J, all arranged substantially as described for operation together, for the pur poses set forth.

3. The combination of the reciprocating and rotary ironer, shaft J, carrying belt-wheel J and pulley K, loose arm I, loose arm M jointed to the arm L, pulleys K, N, and O, and

belts P and P, all substantially as and. for

the purposes specified.

4. The combination of the reciprocating frame A, bearings O O, and treadle D, all ar ranged and operating together substantially as and for the purposes set forth, in connection with an ironing-machine.

5. The reciprocating frame A, provided with the annular lug Q and pin Q, in combination with the hollow roller B, arranged substantially as described, with relation to the said lug, for the purposes set forth.

JOHN G. MAGKEY.

' GEORGE M. MUNGER.

Witnesses: t

E. W. JAOKMAN, FRED. DONNELLY, N. (J. GRIDLEY, F. H. HERRING. 

